She has had her fair share of bitter relationships, some of which ended in divorce, restraining orders and lawsuits.
But Halle Berry said Pierce Brosnan “restored her faith in men” after they starred together in a James Bond film.
The actress, 58, played Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day alongside Brosnan, 71.
The 2002 film was Brosnan’s final appearance as 007 after a seven-year run that began in 1995.
From 1992 to 1996, Ms. Berry was married to baseball player David Justice.
Halle Berry said Pierce Brosnan “restored her faith in men” after they starred in a James Bond film together (pictured from May)
The actress, 58, played Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day alongside Brosnan, 71 (pictured at the premiere in 2002)
The marriage ended in a messy divorce in which Justice was accused of abusing Ms. Berry, allegations he has since denied.
When they divorced in 1997, Ms. Berry filed for a restraining order against Justice, alleging that he had stood outside her home for four hours “demanding to get inside” to retrieve some of his belongings.
From 1999 to 2003, Berry dated Eric Benet, whom she had to confront about his infidelity during the filming of Die Another Day in London.
“He will always be my Bond, always,” Berry said in an interview with Wired.
“I’m a Pierce Brosnan fan. He restored my faith in men with that movie. There couldn’t be a more chivalrous human being than Pierce Brosnan.
‘Bond wasn’t on my bucket list, no, not to be in one, but I loved the movies, always. Having been in one, I feel like I’m part of cinema history.
“Those films are iconic. They will always be a part of our history and I feel very honored to have been a part of one of them, especially with Pierce.”
Ms. Berry’s Jinx in Die Another Day proved to be a favorite of Bond fans, so much so that the franchise’s producers, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, began planning for Ms. Berry to have her own spin-off film.
The film was Brosnan’s final appearance as 007 after a seven-year run that began in 1995.
Berry was married to baseball player David Justice from 1992 to 1996. They divorced in 1997 and Berry filed for a restraining order (pictured in 1995).
Between 1999 and 2003, Berry dated Eric Benet, whom she had to confront about his infidelity during the filming of Die Another Day in London (photo from March 2003).
But Variety reported in 2020: “The plan was thwarted when MGM balked at the film’s $80 million budget.”
Ms. Berry is now with Van Hunt, a Grammy Award-winning musician.
They made their red carpet debut together in 2021 and were recently rumored to be engaged and even married.
Ms Berry also shares daughter Nahla with model Gabriel Aubry, whom she dated from 2006 to 2010.
She also has a son, Maceo, with French actor Olivier Martínez, with whom she was between 2010 and 2015.
